Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress by Dai Sijie

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In the novel Balzac and the little Chinese seamstress by Dai Sijie, I can relate my relationship with Diego, and Lou and the little seamstress's relationship because we have numerous things in common. We both try and keep our sexual relationship a secret. Both of our relationships are open because Diego and I express our feeling's with people we associate with, we are also open by letting other people see our body language. There relationship is intense whereas my relationship if not. There is an equal dynamic in my relationship, what I mean by saying that is we have similarities and differences.

The definition of relationship is the way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people who are connected. I am going to write about hoe I try and keep my relationship with Diego concealed since he's a little older than me, and since in the book they were in a communist society they had to keep their reeducation to villager relationship somewhat a secret too. Also, I intend to compare and contrast the differences between my real relationship and with the books relationship. Lou the little seamstress's relationship Is somewhat open, people know they like each other and that Lou has a crush on the little seamstress, but don't know the big things, like when they had sex under the tree, and how she got pregnant and had an abortion and kept being pregnant a secret. Similarly, my relationship with Diego is open, basically everyone knows were together, however, we keep our sexual relationship a secret. We want to keep our sexual relationship a secret from authorities because technically it is illegal for me to be dating him. The little seamstress and Lou try and keep the sexual nature of their relationship a secret from the villagers because if the villagers found out she got an abortion and they both would be in trouble. Lou would have zero chance of getting out of the reeducation. Life would be harder for Lou for his remaining years.

Love can be defined in so many ways, but the seamstress's relationship with Lou and my relationship with Diego are strangely alike. When I'm with Diego I feel smarter and love to be around him, he always calls me smart and that always builds up my confidence. Little seamstress feels smarter when she's around Lou, he makes her feel like an equal and enlightens her by reading the books.

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